Improved dooe and gate latch



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WEBB `BB1-corretti.L,0F cIBcLBvILLB, OHIO. Letters Patent llo.- 61,604, dated January 29, 1867.

IMPROVIED DOOR AND GATE LATCH.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY coNcEBN:

Be it known that I, WEBB BBOOMHALL, of Circleville, inthe county o f Pickaway, and State of hio, havel invented a new and useful Door and Gate-Latch; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the saine, sufcient to enable one skilled in'the art to which the invention appertains toV make use of ityreiference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of .this specification, and in which- Figure l is a. perspective view oflny latch in the forms to operate by knob or bylever.

Figure 2 is the post or jamb, with the gains or mortses for the reception of the latch.

Figure' shows a gate with latch attached. I

The latch consists of a rod, with the middle portion journalled in a bearing, and with the ends bent in different directions, one end forming a catch, and the other a handle. The ends may eachbe so bent as by gravity to assist in maintaining the catch in the notch of the gate or jam-b, or a` spring may he used therefor,4

and,the manipulation maybe by a secondary device, such as a. knob and spurred spindle.

the drawings,`A represents the gate or door, as the caselmay be, and B the post or jamb.` C is the incline, up which the catch slips as the gate is closed; and D is the.notch, which retains the -catch until'it is lifted out. E F G is a bent rod, which is handle .and latch' combined. I ts middle portion, F,-l1as its vbearing upon a'plate, H, which is secured in any suitable manner to the gate. It may be a box of an ornamental character, or asimple plate'. The portion forms the handle, and may project on each side of the gate, as in the lower latch inl iig. l; or it may be operated by the spur I onl the spindle of the knob K, as in the upper latch of fig. 1. In each case the preponderance of the handle and catch is such as to lcause the catch t-o gravitatc and maintain its position in thev notch D until raised by the handle. A spring may be added. The latch in lig. 3 is substantially similar, but the ends are not bent in the same plane. This brings `the handle in rather more convenient position to be grasped by the hand, thrust through the handfhole in the gate.

What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A rod with its middle portion journalled, 'and the end bent to form a catch,- with or without a secondary device to act upon thehandle,substantially as described. l

' .WEBB BROOMHALL.

J. A. LUTz,

S. F. Gnarls. 

